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Hi,

I am using the stacked area chart in an up-to-date version of Chart FX 6.2.

I am trying to plot a chart with values from an SQL Server 2000 Database

1. Each database record looks something like below:

TransactionNumber,StartDate,EndDate,Amount

1,2004-11-30,2008-11-30,300000

2,2005-02-01,2007-01-31,150000

I need to create a chart that uses the StartDate and EndDate to create a

strip on the chart for each transaction and then stacks the transactions.

I have tried to use the CrossTab dataprovider but this will not work

correctly with the two dates, as each set of dates can be different and I

end up with gaps and junk data.

Please can someone help or suggest a different way of doing this, getting

very frustrated

Thanks,

John

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The Cross-Tab provider will do this for you but you need one more thing and 

that is the Point/Series Pivot.

How do you want to see this chart ? How do you want each segment to be

aligned ? are all segments in the same strip ? Can you provide a screenshot

of what you are looking for ?

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FP

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Hi,

Here is a more complete example

The database stores the records in the following format, there could be any

number of transactions with completely different and overlapping date

ranges.

Transaction StartDate EndDate Percentage

100000075 2005-03-04 2009-12-31 19.250000

100000077 2004-09-01 2008-12-31 70.000000

Using a union query to simplify this so I can use the crosstab provider

returns

Transaction Date Percentage

100000077 2004-09-01 70.000000

100000075 2005-03-04 19.250000

100000077 2008-12-31 70.000000

100000075 2009-12-31 19.250000

Using the crosstab provider with:

.ColumnHeading

.RowHeading

.Value

gives the stacked area chart shown in "Inital Area Chart.png" screenprint

If I manually type in the missing data points (How do I avoid the 'missing'

data? is there a way of specifying a date range?)

gives the "Area Chart after typing in values.png" screenprint. This graph is

wrong. The diagonal line implies a gradual reduction in percentage, it

should be shown as a green block starting immediately after the blue block

ends.

If I change the type to a stacked column chart I get a more correct chart

but still have to type in the 'missing' data shown in "Initial stacked

column.png" and "Stacked column after adding values.png" screenprints.

I hope this clarifies what I'm trying to achieve. The only other way I have

found to do this is to plot every day in an OLAP cube and use the OLAP

extension to display the data. This works correctly but generates a massive

amount of information (every day for 25 years per transaction in a worst

case scenario)

Thanks

John

"SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message

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> The Cross-Tab provider will do this for you but you need one more thing

> and

> that is the Point/Series Pivot.

>

> How do you want to see this chart ? How do you want each segment to be

> aligned ? are all segments in the same strip ? Can you provide a

> screenshot

> of what you are looking for ?

>

>

>

> --

> FP

> Software FX

>

>

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Hi,

Here is a more complete example

The database stores the records in the following format, there could be any

number of transactions with completely different and overlapping date

ranges.

Transaction StartDate EndDate Percentage

100000075 2005-03-04 2009-12-31 19.250000

100000077 2004-09-01 2008-12-31 70.000000

Using a union query to simplify this so I can use the crosstab provider

returns

Transaction Date Percentage

100000077 2004-09-01 70.000000

100000075 2005-03-04 19.250000

100000077 2008-12-31 70.000000

100000075 2009-12-31 19.250000

Using the crosstab provider with:

.ColumnHeading

.RowHeading

.Value

gives the stacked area chart shown in "Inital Area Chart.png" screenprint

If I manually type in the missing data points (How do I avoid the 'missing'

data? is there a way of specifying a date range?)

gives the "Area Chart after typing in values.png" screenprint. This graph is

wrong. The diagonal line implies a gradual reduction in percentage, it

should be shown as a green block starting immediately after the blue block

ends.

If I change the type to a stacked column chart I get a more correct chart

but still have to type in the 'missing' data shown in "Initial stacked

column.png" and "Stacked column after adding values.png" screenprints.

I hope this clarifies what I'm trying to achieve. The only other way I have

found to do this is to plot every day in an OLAP cube and use the OLAP

extension to display the data. This works correctly but generates a massive

amount of information (every day for 25 years per transaction in a worst

case scenario)

Thanks

John

"SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message

news:wC0I92WKFHA.1924@webserver3.softwarefx.com...

> The Cross-Tab provider will do this for you but you need one more thing

> and

> that is the Point/Series Pivot.

>

> How do you want to see this chart ? How do you want each segment to be

> aligned ? are all segments in the same strip ? Can you provide a

> screenshot

> of what you are looking for ?

>

>

>

> --

> FP

> Software FX

>

>

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I'm still not clear on what do you want to get in the chart.

All the images attached are consistent with the data being received.

Please include a drawing of what you want to get for a specific set of data.

The CrossTab provider expects:

A series Pivot

An X-Axis pivot

A value

An IniValue (optional)

an X-Value (optional)

You may contact Software FX support to get speedier answers.

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FP

Software FX

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In all charts I'm trying to plot the data between two dates, the start date 

and end date, per series against the Y axis.

1. I don't believe it should be necessary to supply the (unknown)

intersecting series data points (i.e. in the examples the missing data

points are caused by other series)

2. I can't seem to achieve the result by using the Crosstab provider and

Union queries in the examples as this causes the missing points. There seems

to be no ability to fill missing values or work around the problem.

3. Calculating all possible data points ((i.e.) all days between start date

and end date per series) in an OLAP cube gives a correct chart but a very

large information set (two charts in a C# application used 90+ MB of RAM for

<10 series)

4. The area chart is wrong in "screenprint 1" attached. If there are 2

series in a chart and 1 of the series go down to zero but 1 carries on I

should not get the results shown in the screenprint. This screenprint

implies that the data gradually reduces between 31/12/2008 and 31/12/2009

which is wrong, it should look like "screenprint 2" attached

As stated earlier all series are time based with two known points per series

which could in practice be anything from <1 year to 25+ years apart.

I have supplied an example of a data record, the incorrect chart I get

because of the missing records caused by the Union query and Crosstab

provider, the chart after I type in the values (which is not feasible in a

production environment) and an example of what a correct chart should look

like.

Thanks

"SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message

news:PIEzxIYLFHA.544@webserver3.softwarefx.com...

> I'm still not clear on what do you want to get in the chart.

>

> All the images attached are consistent with the data being received.

>

> Please include a drawing of what you want to get for a specific set of

> data.

>

> The CrossTab provider expects:

>

> A series Pivot

> An X-Axis pivot

> A value

> An IniValue (optional)

> an X-Value (optional)

>

> You may contact Software FX support to get speedier answers.

>

> --

> FP

> Software FX

>

>

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In all charts I'm trying to plot the data between two dates, the start date

and end date, per series against the Y axis.

1. I don't believe it should be necessary to supply the (unknown)

intersecting series data points (i.e. in the examples the missing data

points are caused by other series)

2. I can't seem to achieve the result by using the Crosstab provider and

Union queries in the examples as this causes the missing points. There seems

to be no ability to fill missing values or work around the problem.

3. Calculating all possible data points ((i.e.) all days between start date

and end date per series) in an OLAP cube gives a correct chart but a very

large information set (two charts in a C# application used 90+ MB of RAM for

<10 series)

4. The area chart is wrong in "screenprint 1" attached. If there are 2

series in a chart and 1 of the series go down to zero but 1 carries on I

should not get the results shown in the screenprint. This screenprint

implies that the data gradually reduces between 31/12/2008 and 31/12/2009

which is wrong, it should look like "screenprint 2" attached

As stated earlier all series are time based with two known points per series

which could in practice be anything from <1 year to 25+ years apart.

I have supplied an example of a data record, the incorrect chart I get

because of the missing records caused by the Union query and Crosstab

provider, the chart after I type in the values (which is not feasible in a

production environment) and an example of what a correct chart should look

like.

Thanks

"SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message

news:PIEzxIYLFHA.544@webserver3.softwarefx.com...

> I'm still not clear on what do you want to get in the chart.

>

> All the images attached are consistent with the data being received.

>

> Please include a drawing of what you want to get for a specific set of

> data.

>

> The CrossTab provider expects:

>

> A series Pivot

> An X-Axis pivot

> A value

> An IniValue (optional)

> an X-Value (optional)

>

> You may contact Software FX support to get speedier answers.

>

> --

> FP

> Software FX

>

>

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I went over all the attachments again and could not find the piece I need to 

understand what you want to plot.

I need a drawing, bitmap, anything, that shows what you want to draw for a

specific set of data. I understand everything else you are saying, I

understand WHY you are getting the results you are getting, the only thing I

don't understand (and this is key) is what do you want to get. What I'm

asking for is simple:

Show me a set of data. For example:

Transaction StartDate EndDate Percentage

100000075 2005-03-04 2009-12-31 19.250000

100000077 2004-09-01 2008-12-31 70.000000

Then show me a picture of what you want to see for this particular data set.

I don't mean screenshot of what you are getting now, I already saw those and

they correspond to what you are setting, I just need to know what you want

to get in order to help you use the API or re-organize your data to get it.

You may want to contact Software FX support for a speedier response.

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FP

Software FX

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I have raised an incident with Software FX support

"SoftwareFX Support" <noreply@softwarefx.com> wrote in message

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>I went over all the attachments again and could not find the piece I need

>to understand what you want to plot.

>

> I need a drawing, bitmap, anything, that shows what you want to draw for a

> specific set of data. I understand everything else you are saying, I

> understand WHY you are getting the results you are getting, the only thing

> I don't understand (and this is key) is what do you want to get. What I'm

> asking for is simple:

>

> Show me a set of data. For example:

>

> Transaction StartDate EndDate Percentage

> 100000075 2005-03-04 2009-12-31 19.250000

> 100000077 2004-09-01 2008-12-31 70.000000

>

> Then show me a picture of what you want to see for this particular data

> set. I don't mean screenshot of what you are getting now, I already saw

> those and they correspond to what you are setting, I just need to know

> what you want to get in order to help you use the API or re-organize your

> data to get it.

>

> You may want to contact Software FX support for a speedier response.

>

> --

> FP

> Software FX

>

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